User:Koalafornia

1. Malala is born in Mingora, Pakistan:

When Malala Yousafzai was born, she was born into a country that celebrated the birth of a boy and believed that daughters should be hidden behind curtains and help around the house. Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, did not care about that and invited people to throw money and fruit into the cradle, which is something they only do when boys are born.

2. Bloody Square Banr Bazaar, Mingora, Pakistan:

The Bloody Square is a place that used to be called Green Chowk, but there was so many dead bodies that they renamed it the Bloody Square. The bodies in the Bloody Square sometimes had notes that said, for example, “Do not touch until 11:00a.m. or this will happen to you.”

3. Malala’s move to Shangla, Pakistan:

When Malala and her family left the valley, she was sad because they had to leave due to the Taliban. She was also sad because she had to leave her school bag which had all of her books. The move took about two or three days. They moved for about three months and then they moved back to Mingora.

4. Malala is shot in Mingora, Pakistan: When Malala was shot in Mingora, the masked gunman shouted "Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all.” When Malala was shot, the bullet went through her head, neck, and out her shoulder. She was targeted and shot because she spoke up for her right to go to school.

5. Military Hospital in Peshawar:

On the way to the hospital in the helicopter, Malala was vomiting blood and her father thought it was horrible because he thought she had internal bleeding. But then Maryam, someone who works with her father at the school, noticed her trying to wipe her mouth on a scarf and said that it was an excellent sign.

6. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England:

When her condition improved enough, she was moved to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for rehabilitation.

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8. Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, England:

In her book, Malala says that it will be hard to make friends like she had in Mingora. She says this because they will think of her as someone who survived being shot by the Taliban and not like the person she is.